'This act of blatant, total barbarism on an English street in
broad daylight shocked every decent person, but not quite enough'

By Charles Moore

It is less than a month since Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered in Woolwich, yet
already the incident feels half-forgotten. In terms of the legal process, all is
well. Two men have been charged. There will be a trial. No doubt justice will be
done. But I have a sense that the horror felt at the crime is slipping away.

The media, notably the BBC, quickly changed the subject. After a day or two
focusing on the crime itself, the reports switched to anxiety about the
“Islamophobic backlash”. According to Tell Mamma, an organisation paid large
sums by the Government to monitor anti-Muslim acts, “the horrendous events in
Woolwich brought it [Islamophobia] to the fore”. Tell Mamma spoke of a “cycle of
violence” against Muslims.

Yet the only serious violence was against a British soldier, who was dead. In
The Sunday Telegraph, Andrew Gilligan brilliantly exposed the Tell Mamma
statistics – most of them referred merely to nasty remarks on the web rather
than actual attacks, many were not verified, no reported attack had required
medical attention, and so on. Yet the “backlash” argument has sailed on, with
people shaking their heads gravely about the need to “reassure” Muslims. Tell
Mamma equates “hate inspired by al-Qaeda” with the “thuggery and hate of the EDL
[the English Defence League]”.

A trap is set here, inviting those of us who reject such statements, to
defend the EDL. I do not. While not, in its stated ideology, a racist
organisation like the BNP, the EDL has an air of menace. It must feel
particularly unpleasant for Muslims when its supporters hit the streets.

But the
EDL is merely reactive. It does not – officially at least – support violence. It
is the instinctive reaction of elements of an indigenous working class which
rightly perceives itself marginalised by authority, whereas Muslim groups are
subsidised and excused by it. Four days ago, six Muslim men were sentenced at
the Old Bailey for a plot to blow up an EDL rally. The news was received
quietly, though it was a horrifying enterprise. No one spoke of “white-phobia”.
Imagine the hugely greater coverage if the story had been the other way round.

The North Carolina Sheriffs' Association (NCSA) is pressuring both House Speaker Thom Tillis(R, Mecklenburg, GRNC ****) and NC Governor Pat McCrory
(R, GRNC-***) to oppose GRNC's repeal of the antiquated pistol purchase
permit system that has been in place since 1919. As part of omnibus gun
bill HB 937, which contains restaurant and limited campus carry, the
purchase permit law would be repealed IF the House votes to concur with Senate improvements to the bill and IF Gov. McCrory doesn't veto it.

Felons with purchase permits

The
purchase permit law slated for elimination through HB 937 was designed
to grant discriminatory power to NC Sheriffs and enable them to
subjectively deny handguns to whoever they consider “undesirable." To
this day, several counties abuse the permit system in ways that make it
difficult for law-abiding citizens to rightfully obtain handguns.

Ironically, as documented by The Charlotte Observer, the law sheriffs defend is letting untold numbers of felons bypass background checks to buy guns. Why? Because the untrackable slips of paper issued by sheriffs after background checks can't be repealed and are good for 5 years. Eliminating the system would mean that checks using the National Instant Background Check System (NICS) would be done at the point of sale.

Sheriffs want money & power

Beyond
the power to deny purchase permits for arbitrary reasons by claiming
applicants don't have "good moral character" (whatever that means),
consider the fact that currently proposed legislation will double the fees sheriffs collect. Are Sheriffs refusing to do what's right in order to maintain a cash cow worth millions?

As former South Africa President Nelson Mandela remains hospitalized
and reportedly in serious condition, questions about the future of
increasingly marginalized European-descent South Africans are edging
into international headlines.Recent developments on multiple fronts are striking fear into the
hearts of many Afrikaners, descendants of primarily northern Europeans
who began arriving in South Africa three to four centuries ago.From legally mandated race-based economic discrimination against
whites to the thousands of farm murders targeting Boers across the
nation, the problems are only getting worse. Poverty and unrest are
spreading quickly as well.GenocideThe world’s most prominent expert on genocide, President Dr. Gregory
Stanton of Genocide Watch, already warned last year that the Afrikaner
population could be on the verge of a government-linked extermination
campaign.During a fact-finding mission to South Africa, Stanton, who helped
fight against apartheid, found evidence implicating the ruling African
National Congress (ANC)-South African Communist Party (SACP) government
in a plot to eradicate whites as part of a scheme to foist Marxist
tyranny on the nation.In fact, after the investigation, WND reported that Genocide Watch raised its alert level on South Africa to stage 6 out of 8 – the planning and preparation phase of the extermination process.

Arthur Lovi sat down with a therapist one day last August to talk
about some things that were bothering him. He had high blood pressure,
and his physician suggested he talk to someone.

He already spoke to a VA psychiatrist once a month — he has
persistent memories from his days as an Air Force crash rescue
helicopter pilot in the 1960s — but he agreed. He'd been through a lot
lately and figured it couldn't hurt to get some of it out.

"I felt like the weight of the world was on my shoulders," he said.

Lovi told her about the loss that had been all around him
the past few years: his mother, a 3-year-old granddaughter who drowned, a
son-in-law lost to a drug overdose, and worst of all, his wife of 33
years.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the Department of
Justice under Attorney General Eric Holder to respond to a request for
rehearing by a homeschooling family that claims it will face persecution
if forced to return to Germany as the White House wants.

The order itself doesn’t guarantee that the petition for rehearing
will be granted in the case involving the Romeike family, but it does
give the family and its supporters reason to be optimistic.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said until the United States has a
Commander-in-Chief who knows what he is doing, America should stay out
of the mess in the Middle East.

"Until we have someone who knows what they’re doing, I say let Allah
sort it out,” Palin said, in reference to the Obama administration's
decision last week to arm Syrian rebels. She made her comments while
headlining the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C
on Saturday.

Palin asked, "militarily, where is our Commander-in-Chief?"

She noted America is "talking" about "more new interventions" in
"radical Islamic countries" where both sides are slaughtering each
other" by crossing "arbitrary red lines" while screaming "Allah Akbar."

Palin noted that these countries do not even respect "basic human rights."

In the last couple of weeks, we've gotten confirmation that what we've been assuming is true:
The government is snooping on us. They aren't lightly snooping. :

They are gathering data on EVERYONE (inside and outside the US) simultaneously.

Storing it in databases that will last forever, and

Mining that data in the hopes of proving that you are a criminal/terrorist.

What are they snooping on?

Who you talk to. E-mails and phone numbers. When and who.

What you are saying. Copies and details are stored.

Where you are/were. GPS info from your phone tracks your location.

Add to open info to that list. Stuff like satellite pics, CCTV
coverage of major cities/buildings, and open source social media mining.

There's even deeper data. Information like the growing national DNA
repository (which is going to mine captured DNA for traits -- see
www.23andme.com ).

It's safe to say that at the end of the day, there's not much you can do without big brother detecting it.
So, should you be worried? Of course. There's all sorts of
nightmare scenarios that can emerge from this collection effort can
enable the automation of tyranny (and that's a very bad thing).

As we sit back and buckle in for the next phase of the Middle Eastern
endless war ride that our Chicago Jesus is preparing to start us off in,
it is good to contemplate the comment that a Mr Fleming posted over at
American Digest:

"Can anyone
name even one constitutional purpose of American foreign policy that is
being satisfied by an intervention into the Syrian pesthole? Did We the
People grant our Powers and wealth to our government so that they could
succor the grinding misery that foreigners, hoisted by their own deluded
petard, have put themselves into? We never did. The powers We the
People granted to our government were to be used for the benefit of Us,
only us, and not some Levantines forever in thrall to both secular and
religious tyranny.

Syria can live,
can die, be gassed, anything, and it won't make one single bit of
difference to the United States. I'm sorry all you Syrian people, but in
the calculus of the United States your value is zero; and to even mess
with you brings nothing but your misery and delusion to our shores. Be
off with you, and save yourselves!

If the Usurper
does this, and our Armed Forces professional officers do not resist this
to the last man, then I will know we are well and truly f'ed. Who will
be left to defend us against our enemies foreign and domestic? If the
Usurper does this, It will be clear, that his aim is to destroy our
Armed Forces.

May God have mercy on us, because we don't have His Blessings anymore."

Remembrance

Winners: Navy Cross Nguyen Van Kiet & MOH Thomas R. Norris This week’s Medal of Honor hero is one of a handful of Navy SEALs awarded the MOH in the Vietnam War. Norris snuck behind enemy lines with a South Vietnamese Navy petty officer rescued two downed pilots in 1972–when most of our resources had been pulled from the country. Interesting to note that later year, Norris was himself rescued by another SEAL Michael E. Thornton.More @ Medal of Honor Roll Call

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.

Thank you

I would just like you to know how so very glad I am that I found your blog. I have learned more history from you and the many links that you post than I have from reading all my history books. I can never thank you enough for the education you are freely giving me. It is priceless. And eye opening.

Many times I will not comment, but that does not mean I am not reading and learning.

You sir, are an educator. Thank you.

PhyllisWantage, NJ

Good morning Mr. Townsend,

Just to let you know I have finally finished that massive tome on General Lee. I never knew 1/10th of what a great man he was. No wonder the South is so proud of him! So sad that we have few men of his caliber today. We need them desperately. I have learned more history through you and your blog than I thought I could ever learn. I am very grateful to you. Thank you so much for taking time to answer my e-mail. And thank you for your blog and for opening my eyes.

PhyllisWantage, NJ

".......So good to hear from you! And also so pleased you are converting more of us Yankees! You have no idea how many people you have taught. And how many are so grateful to you for showing us the truth."

Your faithful friend,

Phylis

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I have also learned from Brock Townsend and two nurses lately, that appreciation expressed by someone for whom you have great respect overwhelms the lack of appreciation by some from whom you expect it. I believe that we cannot really know which small bit of help makes the life-saving difference. ﻿I may have learned more real American history on Brock's blog than in 20 years of government schooling.